Countries Requiring No Visa to Travel to Ireland

LIST OF COUNTRIES WHOSE PASSPORT HOLDERS DO NOT REQUIRE VISAS FOR IRELAND - EFFECTIVE FROM 25 JULY 2005
ANDORRA
HONDURAS
SAINT KITTS & NEVIS
ANTIGUA & BARBUDA
HONG KONG (SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION)
SAINT LUCIA
ARGENTINA
HUNGARY
SAINT VINCENT & THE GRENADINES
AUSTRALIA
ICELAND
SAN MARINO
AUSTRIA
ISRAEL
SEYCHELLES
BAHAMAS
ITALY
SINGAPORE
BARBADOS
JAPAN
SLOVAK REPUBLIC
BELGIUM
KIRIBATI
SLOVENIA
BELIZE
KOREA (SOUTH)
SOLOMON ISLANDS
BOLIVIA
LATVIA
SOUTH AFRICA
BOTSWANA
LESOTHO
SPAIN
BRAZIL
LIECHTENSTEIN
SWAZILAND
BRUNEI
LITHUANIA
SWEDEN
BULGARIA
LUXEMBOURG
SWITZERLAND
CANADA
MACAU (S.A.R.)
TONGA
CHILE
MALAWI
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
COSTA RICA
MALAYSIA
TUVALU
CROATIA
MALDIVES
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
CYPRUS
MALTA
UNITED KINGDOM & COLONIES  ****
CZECH REPUBLIC
MAURITIUS
URUGUAY
DENMARK
MEXICO
VANUATU
DOMINICA
MONACO
VATICAN CITY
EL SALVADOR
NAURU
VENEZUELA
ESTONIA
NETHERLANDS
WESTERN SAMOA
FIJI
NEW ZEALAND
*Please note that El Salvador, Paraguay and Tuvalu have been re-instated on this list and DO NOT require Visas
FINLAND
NICARAGUA
FRANCE
NORWAY
GERMANY
PANAMA
GREECE
PARAGUAY
GRENADA
POLAND
GUATEMALA
PORTUGAL
GUYANA
ROMANIA
 
LIST OF COUNTRIES WHOSE PASSPORT HOLDERS DO NOT REQUIRE VISAS FOR IRELAND - EFFECTIVE FROM 21 OCTOBER 2004
**** BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES (COLONIES)
ANGUILLA, BERMUDA, BRITISH ANTARCTIC TERRITORY (SOUTH GEORGIA, SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS) BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY (CHAGOS ARCHIPELAGO, PEROS BANOS, DIEGO GARCIA, DANGER ISLAND), BAYMAN ISLANDS, FALKLAND ISLANDS AND DEPENDENCIES, GIBRALTAR, HONG KONG***, MONTSERRAT, PITCAIRN, (HENDERSON, DUCIE AND ONENO ISLANDS), ST. HELENA AND DEPENDENCIES (ASCENSION ISLAND, TRISTAN DA CUNHA), THE SOVEREIGN BASE AREAS OF AKROTIRI AND DHEKELIA, TURKS AND CAICOS ISLAND, BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS.
 
TRANSIT VISAS ARE REQUIRED BY CITIZENS OF THE FOLLOWING:
AFGHANISTAN, ALBANIA, BULGARIA, CUBA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, ETHIOPIA, ERITREA, YUGOSLAVIA/SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO, GHANA, IRAN, IRAQ, LEBANON, MOLDOVA, NIGERIA, ROMANIA, SOMALIA, SRI LANKA, ZIMBABWE
 
*** A PERON IN POSSESSION OF A HONG KONG CERTIFICATE OF IDENTITY REQUIRES AN ENTRY VISA FOR THE STATE.